Guiness is a liquid form of Dynamite. Was in Wales with @bomber3232 searching out her family tree in a village in one of those valleys outside Cardiff ,called Mountain Ash. Her great grandfather used to own the Mountain Ash Inn. I had 3 pints of Guiness in there and dont remember going back to Cardiff.
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I am sure it was nice though. I have had some lovely times in Wales, though I do not remember much after a night in a pub there. Saw some great fights in Cardiff; when Welsh blokes drink they love to bare knuckle outside a pub.
And until you drink Guiness at the Guiness Brewery in Dublin, you have not had the best of it.
Yes didn’t get to Ireland.I was living in a little village in Wiltshire and we used to go into Somerset to drink Scrumpy at this old pub , they had a skittle lane there that was also the chicken coop. Scrumpy fermented apples in a pig skin with plenty of apple mulch in it.
I know the area well. I lived in Bath for six months in the 1990s, actually in a very small village outside Bath which was really about a dozen houses and a Pub.
2nd day there I walked into the pub about 3 pm, and ordered a pint; the Publican asked me if I was sure I wanted a pint as “it” was strong. I got a pint of this cloudy looking flat beer, and found it was apple cider. I asked the Publican, and he said that it was a Scumpy Pub; had no idea what he was talking about.
I looked around and everyone there looked in a daze and even the pub dog, a german shepard had a big pink nose.
The drink was really nice, so I had another, and another; staggered back to my cottage about 6 pm, somehow got up the stairs to the bedroom, and woke up the next morning still fully clothed lying on the floor about 8 am. Apparenly it was 18% alcohol and I drank 3 pints.
I went there often, but drank half pints and never more than two. I loved living in Bath, and it was over the summer and autumn and the weather was glorious.
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A guy I worked with in the 70s was over in Somerset with a mate and they went into a scrumpy pub. He had one pint of it, and was invigorated to have another.
Everyone told him that, as a rookie, one was more than enough. No…he ordered another and woke up under a haystack.
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When in Belgium, go easy on the Kwak. It’s deceptively more-ish
Got a ‘60s themed event to dress up for.
What should I go as? Preferably someone who wears glasses (as I do).
That would be dependent on your style of frames
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go as beer glass
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Closer to Buddy Holly (died in ‘59…) than John Lennon.
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When would ‘superman (Clarke Kent) be considered?
Created in the 30s…no go for mine. Zodiac Killer all the way
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Go as one of that great Australian band, The Loved Ones. From the cover of their “Magic Box” album:
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Could be the safest option
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What a brilliant idea!
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I lived in Taunton for a little while in the late 90s and Scrumpy was a sure fire way to have the biggest hang over you could ever handle. Deadly! haha ahh the memories.
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